What Does 1 Kings 2:15 Mean?

“And he said”

to say (used with great latitude)

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

“Thou knowest”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“howbeit the kingdom”

something ruled, i.e., a realm

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“set”

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“was mine and that all Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

“their faces”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“on me that I should reign”

to reign; hence (by implication) to take counsel

“is turned about”

to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively

“howbeit the kingdom”

something ruled, i.e., a realm

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“and is become my brother's”

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for it was his from the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)